QFD Institute Training

Our mission in education is to deliver state-of-the-art QFD training and education for developing outstanding QFD practitioners and facilitators by setting the highest standards in QFD training, nationally and internationally.

The QFD Institute's QFD Belt program offers a multi-level structured QFD curriculum, aligned with ongoing research, giving students the best possible Modern QFD training. It is the only QFD curriculum authorized by Dr. Yoji Akao, QFD co-founder, outside Japan and taught by Akao-certified QFD Red Belts®.

All training by the QFD Institute is compatible with ISO 16355, ISO/QS-9000, Six Sigma, DFSS, Stage Gate, EFQM, TQM, Baldrige, and other quality initiatives.

2) Public courses and workshops

Public courses use generic training materials and teach a generic QFD process.

Public QFD Green Belt® Course: This public course teaches the Modern Blitz QFD®, has no prerequistes, and is held several times a year. Some companies send training scouts or project kick-off members to this course to test the water, even though they may eventually have in-house customized training to develop workforce capable of applying various QFD tools in New Product Development as well as business processes and innovation.